NZ Politics Daily: 27 November 2024
NIKKI KAYE HAS DIED
David Farrar: RIP Nikki Kaye
Audrey Young (Herald): My memorable last interview with Nikki Kaye (paywalled)
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): The indomitable Nikki Kaye
Jo Moir (RNZ): Nikki Kaye: 'She achieved a remarkable amount in 44 years'
1News: Former National Party Minister Nikki Kaye dies: 'Made a huge contribution'
RNZ: National Party Minister Nikki Kaye remembered: 'One of the bravest Parliamentarians'
Richard Harman (Politik): What Nicky Kaye’s death means for National (paywalled)
Lloyd Burr and Hannah Martin (Stuff): The potential John Key saw in Nikki Kaye, the diagnosis that rocked her career, and the leadership drama
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Marama Davidson shares heartfelt thanks to Nikki Kaye
Herald: Remembering Nikki Kaye: Greens co-leader Marama Davidson says ex National MP helped her through breast cancer ordeal
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): Memories of Nikki Kaye (paywalled)
Newsroom: Nikki Kaye’s gently revealing personal interview for island podcast
Newsroom: Nikki Kaye: ‘Be brave, have courage, don’t leave anything in the tank’
Jo Moir (RNZ): Nikki Kaye's cancer diagnosis much poorer than told publicly in 2016 - Sir John Key
Raphael Franks (Herald): Nikki Kaye death notice: Private funeral held before former National MP’s passing announced
GOVERNMENT,PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Front Page: One year of the coalition Government: The highs, lows and long road ahead
Thomas Manch (Post): The Annual Report: Winston Peters says tax cuts failed to grow the economy (paywalled)
Adam Pearse (Herald): A Year in Coalition: NZ First leader Winston Peters hints at 2026 election plans (paywalled)
Sam Smith (Stuff): Christopher Luxon tells David Seymour to focus on regulation, not health
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Christopher Luxon coy on Winston Peters’ Cook Strait ferry decision deadline
Josie Pagani (Post): The Annual Report: One year on, too many half-baked ideas (paywalled)
Ben Thomas (Post): The Annual Report: Positive signs of progress on the three-way structure (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Legislation on four-year term to be introduced soon, here’s what it could mean (paywalled)
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Parliament at a tikanga ‘crossroads’ – Te Pāti Māori
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): Will they, won't they? Labour's capital gains tax decision
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): Do people trust Labour with a capital gains tax?
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): Counting people and pay: The ministry with one senior Asian manager
Jem Traylen (BusinessDesk): Business of Government: productivity chills, regulatory spills and more … (paywalled)
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Weather wars: Documents reveal why the Government agreed to Niwa acquiring MetService (paywalled)
ENVIRONMENT
Michael Morrah (Herald): Secret radioactive waste facility built near Palmerston North (paywalled)
Monique Steele (RNZ): Cost of losing GE-free label on primary exports unknown - report
Farah Hancock (RNZ): J Swap bid to quarry on QEII covenant land rejected by Court of Appeal
Craig Ashworth (Local Democracy Repotting): Tikanga is not blocking seabed miners, Taranaki leaders say
George Driver (Listener): End of the wine? The mining threat to Central Otago’s vineyards (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Nothing concrete agreed on increased NZ contribution to climate funding, says minister (Paywalled)
Joanne Naish (Press): Moving a town: the plan to put flood-prone Westport somewhere else (paywalled)
RNZ: Expanded polystyrene could meet contaminant criteria, WasteMINZ report finds
Daniel Minhinnick, Alice Gilbert, Shontelle Grimberg (Russell Mcveagh): Harnessing the energy of the Fast-track Approvals Bill
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